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Stephen Powell Music Services |
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Professional Score Production and Recording Service Accompanist - Conductor - Composer - Teacher |
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Member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK Tel/Fax: 01827-898219 (00 +44 1827 898219) |
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Performing and Teaching |
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With a degree in music from the University of Wales (B.Mus Hons) and postgraduate instrumental studies at Trinity College of Music in London, I have a strong grounding in harmony, the conventions of standard notation, and the use of specialised notation used in avant garde classical, jazz, rock/pop, and theatre styles of music. After completing my studies at university and conservatoire in 1983, and a period of work in research and arts administration, I have worked extensively as a performing and teaching musician and as a music engraver/copyist and composer/arranger . |
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Performing ¨ As a performer, I am a pianist, accompanist and electronic keyboard player. I have performed in classical recitals, rock concerts (as an orchestral keyboard player for The British Rock Symphony UK tour), jazz concerts and many theatre productions at many major UK concert venues including Symphony Hall in Birmingham, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, St. David’s Hall in Cardiff and The Royal Albert Hall in London. I also have experience as an accompanist for festivals and examinations.
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¨ As a conductor, I work in the theatre (mostly in the UK Midlands) and have worked with both orchestras and choirs (examples of music conducted are Copland: Appalachian Spring, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F, Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb etc..). In June 2001, I conducted a Gala Concert at The Royal Albert Hall in London. |
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¨ In the theatre, I have been Musical Director for more than forty productions including Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The King and I, Follies, West Side Story, Chicago, Oliver!, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Chess, Robin-Prince of Sherwood, Into the Woods and many more. I recently worked on a production of Piaf for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I am currently working on a production of Little Shop of Horrors. Future projects include Red Hot & Cole. |
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¨ As a composer, I have written works ranging from solo piano to orchestral pieces. In 2000, I wrote incidental music for a production of Dennis Potter's play Blue Remembered Hills. In June 2001, I composed music for a Gala Concert performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I am currently writing the music for an exciting new street opera called 24/SEVEN which will be produced in 2008. |
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Teaching ¨ I have been established as a piano, keyboard and music theory teacher since 1989. I taught instrumental lessons in schools in the UK Midlands across a 15 year period and continue to take private students. |
